⁵ “Behold, I am going to send you ^(A)Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord.

¹⁰ And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that ^(A)Elijah must come first?” ¹¹ And He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things; ¹² but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did ^[a]to him whatever they wanted. So also ^(B)the Son of Man is going to suffer ^[b]at their hands.” ¹³ Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

¹¹ And they asked Him, saying, “Why is it that the scribes say that ^(A)Elijah must come first?” ¹² And He said to them, “Elijah does come first and he restores all things. And yet how is it written of ^(B)the Son of Man that ^(C)He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? ¹³ But I say to you that Elijah has ^[a]indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written of him.”

¹⁷ And it is he who will ^(A)go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of ^(B)Elijah, ^(C)to turn the hearts of fathers back to their children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, to ^(D)make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

²¹ And so they asked him, “What then? Are you ^(A)Elijah?” And he *said, “I am not.” “Are you ^(B)the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”